Motivation and Educational Practice as Part of Health Professional Training

Abstract

Nowadays, universities have the challenge of training professionals within globalized environments and in emergency situations, using new approaches in the learning process, fostering and reaffirming professional interest and motivation. Therefore, educational institutions must contribute positively to these transformations, giving professionals the tools to face the new challenges of the working world. Meanwhile, the study programs should focus on strengthening a Humanistic Educational Practice that motivates students to develop new competencies to enter the labor market.

In this article, we will talk about Educational Practice and Professional Motivation as challenges for learning in the training of human resources for health and the way in which this practice is given in normal situations and in emergency situations, in addition to the new characteristics of people in the globalized world. We will analyze, Why some professionals perform better than others ... within the organizations? Gibson (2011), given that it is common to hear “today’s professionals are not committed” or “they do not project themselves in the same company.” This has marked a difference between what motivated previous generations and the current ones.